🏀 Alabama loses a close one to Cincinnati

[bamaraider]

Kind of occupied right now, still celebrating over the SEC Championship, so I'll just post a Tidesports article on the win and say a little something.

http://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1443917

It was a very defensive game, it may look ugly, but take into consideration on how explosive this Cincinnati team was on offense and how good their back court was. Early, Alabama turned the ball over and was down 15-4 at one point and it looked like everything was going in the Bearcats favor...Alabama fought back, regardless of a key injury to Engstrom and not going up to the line once until 2 minutes until half(compared to 9 times for the Bearcats)...I think this was a good loss IMO, taking a team in their own place, down to the wire, while they are hot, is a big win for us..I think it will give us confidence that we can compete with anyone in the country and we can win. That is really good, especially for right now in this tough stretch we are about to go through.

 

[PhillyGirl]

It was a good game. The sports bar I watched the SEC game at was showing the game on one TV in the back. A real heart-breaker though at the end! Glad to see them getting in gear vs. a tough opponent.

 

[psychojoe]

While I never like losing, this game is good for us. It was a hostile environment, we started slow, but had the grit to fight back and had our chances to win. Losing Engstrom and then having Jacobs foul out really limited us in the end game.